Notes
This is the total number of letters in the musical alphabet used to name notes.
What is 7 letters (A - G)
This is the basic definition of tempo
What is Music Speed
This instrument family makes sound when you shake, scrape, or hit things like drums and cymbals
What is the Percussion Family
This is the basic definition of musical dynamics
What is the volume of the music
This early American music style features syncopated rhythms, brass instruments, and heavy improvisation, born in New Orleans.
What is Jazz
This is the line-and-space pattern of five lines and four spaces that music is written on.
What is the Staff
This common Italian term means to play at a very fast and quick speed
What is Presto
This popular instrument has six strings, frets, and is used heavily in rock and country music
What is the Guitar
This basic dynamic level means to play or sing very loudly
What is forte (Loud)
This genre originated in the 1950s, features electric guitars and heavy backbeats, and includes icons like Elvis Presley and The Beatles.
What is Rock and Roll
This note lasts for exactly one beat
What is a Quarter Note
This common Italian term means to play at a very slow and broad pace
What is Largo
This instrument family contains the violin, viola, cello, and double bass
What is the string family
This basic dynamic level means to play or sing very softly
What is piano (Soft)
This style of dramatic theater features singers and musicians performing a dramatic work combining text and musical score
What is Opera
This clef is also known as the "G clef" and is used for high-pitched notes.
What is the Treble Clef
This popular Italian tempo term means to play at a fast, cheerful, and lively speed
What is Allegro
This large brass instrument is the lowest-pitched instrument in the marching band or orchestra
What is a tuba
This term means that the music is getting gradually louder
What is a crescendo
This style of vocal music involves singing without any instrumental accompaniment
What is A Cappella
This is a rhyme used to remember the order of the notes on the lines of the staff from bottom to top
What is Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
This Italian term tells the musician that the tempo of the music should gradually speed up
What is Accelerando
This instrument family requires the player to blow air across a hole or into a reed, and includes the flute and clarinet
What is the woodwind family
This term means that the music is getting gradually softer
What is a decrescendo (diminuendo)
This term refers to formal, orchestral music written by masters like Mozart and Beethoven
What is Classical Music